Flatten utility
The flatten8 utility is shipped on the included CD and lets you perform simple log file management from the command-line. The flatten8 utility reads in the log message information from the system’s XML files, and then parses in real-time the binary log file, substituting the actual error text message for its binary counterpart.
Most often, this utility is used to convert the binary log file to a more usable format for a third party utility, such as an ASCII text editor. This utility is also used to review the most recent messages, or directed to
show just statistics messages.

-h Print this message and exit.
-r Only has an effect when -s is used. Do reverse lookups on IP addresses.
-s Output stats only.
-D Do not print out error information.
-f Follow output. (Binary files, default interval 2 seconds).
-u Follow update interval in seconds. (Implies -f).
-t Tail the last 'n' log messages.
-x Next argument specifies path to XML dictionary files. This argument should not need to be used, as the XML files are placed in the default location during installation.